The plaque is located on the wall of the School of Media and
Communications, Clothworkers North Building.

The Royal Television Society was founded in September 1927, originally
as the Television Society, following a lecture at Leeds from one of the future
inventors of television, John Logie Baird.

For years, the Yorkshire Society has erected plaques to
commemorate Yorkshire men and women who gave exceptional service or contributed
significantly to the county during their lifetime. In many cases, their
contributions have benefitted the whole country, making them excellent ambassadors
for Yorkshire.

Vice-Chancellor, Sir Alan Langlands, unveiled the plaque.

Head of the School of Media and Communication, Kate Nash,
says: In hosting the very first lecture by what would become the Royal
Television Society in 1927, the University demonstrated its commitment to collaborating with the media industries to
develop new media technologies and understand their social impacts.

For the school, this commemorative plaque serves as an
important reminder of our links with the Royal Television Society and of the
importance of our commitment to research and teaching at the cutting edge of
media developments.

David Lowen, Honorary Secretary, Royal Television Society
and former Chair of its Yorkshire Centre comments: Its an honour to have the
chance to unveil the plaque to commemorate the creation of the Television
Society, since 1966, the Royal Television Society.

As one who worked for 30 years in television in Leeds, I am
proud that it all started here.

John Logie Baird demonstrated his noctovision - what he
called seeing by electricity - to the British Association on 7 September 1927
and, at its close, the formation of the Society was proposed. Many of the
founder members were from Leeds and Yorkshire.

Chairman of the Yorkshire Society, Keith Madeley, thanked
the producers of the plaque, MTL Advanced Ltd of Rotherham, for their support.